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Labour will block any Brexit deal based on Theresa May’s Chequers plan, Emily Thornberry has confirmed.

Ms Thornberry said the Prime Minister’s withdrawal strategy was “nonsense”, with the shadow foreign secretary ruling out Labour backing any agreement underpinned by the blueprint.

She said Labour would not agree to Mrs May’s deal and would not accept the prospect of a no-deal departure either as she claimed there will be a general election in the autumn or the spring.

Labour has long maintained that Mrs May’s Chequers plan would not meet the party’s six Brexit tests which include requiring any deal to deliver the “exact same benefits” of the single market and customs union.